Not much went right for the Connecticut Sun this season as it had another star-crossed summer thanks to an unreal number of injuries.

Kelsey Bone gave the Sun and their fans hope for the future. The third-year center set career highs in shooting, scoring and rebounding and was rewarded for her efforts by being chosen as the 2015 WNBA Most Improved Player.

Bone received 14 of 39 votes from a panel of national and local sportswriters and broadcasters.

Bone averaged 15.4 points per game, seventh best in the league and an improvement from the 9.3 ppg she averaged in 2014. Bone also shot 50.8 percent and averaged 6.3 rebounds.

Bone had to take on a bigger role this season as the team was beseiged by injuries, especially in the frontcourt. Connecticut lost five players for the year before the regular season began, including two starters, and had three more miss significant time late in the season.

Power forward Chiney Ogwumike, the 2014 WNBA Rookie of the Year, missed the entire season after needing microfracture surgery on her right knee last January. Forward Kelsey Griffin, who had been the Sun’s sixth man, injured her hip during the preseason and was later waived.

Starting forward Alyssa Thomas missed 10 games to a shoulder injury a year after being named to the All-Rookie team.

Rookie center Elizabeth Williams, the fourth overall pick in the 2015 WNBA Draft, had just gotten acclimated with her new job when she injured her knee and missed the final 11 games.

Connecticut acquired Bone from the New York Liberty on April 14 as part of a deal involving all-star center Tina Charles, who threatened to sit out if the Sun didn’t send her home to New York. The Sun also acquired the fourth overall pick in that draft (Thomas), as well as New York’s first-round pick in the 2015 draft.

Indiana Fever guard Shenise Johnson finished second to Bone with nine votes. Los Angeles Sparks center Jantel Lavender and Chicago Sky guard Courtney Vandersloot tied for third (five votes).

Washington Mystics center and former UConn star Stefanie Dolson received three votes, while Mystics teammate and center Emma Meesseman received two votes. Tulsa Shock guard Riquna Williams received a vote.

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